A Practical Approach to Alternative Dispute Resolution

• An invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike, the book offers comprehensive coverage of ADR at a level appropriate for the Bar Professional Training Course, the Legal Practice Course, and LLM courses on ADR
• Written by authors with extensive experience of practice and postgraduate teaching, the text takes a highly practical approach and is supported by a number of learning resources, including sample documentation, flowcharts, tables and examples
• Provides a full review of the range of ADR processes, including mediation, negotiation, conciliation and arbitration, examining the case law and procedural rules for each option
• The accompanying Online Resource Centre contains useful extra material, and updates keeping readers abreast of developments in the field

New to this edition

• Fully updated to cover all important changes in an area that is rapidly developing, both through case law and procedural rules, regulations and government policy
• Anticipates the implementation of the Jackson Review reforms, and fully incorporates changes such as the development of the role of the Civil Mediation Council
• New chapter on online ADR options
• Expanded coverage of areas such as ethics and professional conduct, part 36 offers, and the psychology of dispute resolution
• Contains many cross-references to current websites for additional information

Readership: Students on the Bar Professional Training Course and Legal Practice Course; practitioners. The book's coverage also makes it suitable for LLM courses on ADR.

Susan Blake, Barrister and Associate Dean, The City Law School, City University, London, Julie Browne, Barrister and Deputy Course Director of the Bar Professional Training Course, The City Law School, City University, London, and Stuart Sime, Barrister and Course Director of the Bar Professional Training Course, The City Law School, City University, London

Susan Blake is a Barrister and the Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at The City Law School, City University, London.

Julie Browne is a Barrister and Deputy Course Director of the BPTC at The City Law School, City University, London.

Stuart Sime is a Barrister and Course Director of the BPTC at The City Law School, City University, London.

"This is a clear and easily accessible text which delivers an in-depth insight of the relevant issues without being long-winded. The logical structure of the chapters and clear headings make the book an invaluable asset when it comes to preparing for assessments." - Robin Spedding, BPTC student, Cardiff University

1 HISTORY AND RANGE OF ADR METHODS
1: INTRODUCTION
2: OVERVIEW OF ADR OPTIONS
3: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF AN ADR OPTION
4: FUNDING ADR PROCEDURES
5: ONLINE ADR OPTIONS AND ODR
6: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
2 THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ADR, CPR AND LITIGATION
7: THE APPROACH OF THE COURTS TO ADR
8: THE SANCTIONS FOR REFUSING TO ENGAGE IN ADR PROCESSES
9: RECOVERY OF ADR COSTS IN LITIGATION
3 NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION
10: OVERVIEW OF NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION
11: STYLES, STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN NEGOTIATION
12: PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATION
13: THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS
14: MEDIATION
15: PREPARATION FOR THE MEDIATION
16: THE MEDIATION PROCESS
17: REACHING A SETTLEMENT
18: COURT MEDIATION SCHEMES AND OTHER SCHEMES
19: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION
4 EVALUATION, CONCILIATION AND OMBUDSMEN
20: CONCILIATION
21: COMPLAINTS, GRIEVANCES AND OMBUDSMEN
22: EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION
5 RECORDING SETTLEMENT
23: RECORDNG SETTLEMENT
6 ADJUDICATIVE ADR
24: EXPERT OR NEUTRAL DETERMINATION
25: CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADJUDICATION
26: ARBITRATION
27: ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS
28: THE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PROCESS
29: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
30: ARBITRATION AWARDS AND ORDERS
31: HIGH COURT JURISDICTION IN ARBITRATION CLAIMS
32: ENFORCEMENT OF SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS
APPENDICES